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Grammar 2 [1st Term]

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  • What is valency?
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  • In addition to being the operator, what are the syntactic functions of BE as an auxiliary verb?
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  • What are derivational morphemes?
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  • Why is this perfectly acceptable NP+VP+NP sequence odd? "The young sausage likes the white dog"
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  • Whay are regular verbs called so?
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  • What is a morpheme?
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  • What is a word?
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  • Give an example of an AdjP
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  • What is an intransitive verb?
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  • The operator has 4 functions: what are 2 of them?
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  • What is a corpus?
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  • What is a main verb?
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  • What happens if there isn't an operator?
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  • Re-order these elements to form a clause. How did you do it? ice-cream / my / ate / friend
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  • Identify affixes: "You've reinvented yourself."
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  • A clause can be divided into two parts. Mention them.
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  • What are the parts of speech? Mention the 5 level hierarchy.
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  • How are MAVs different from PAVs?
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  • What is a lexical verb?
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  • Within Mental Verbs there are subcategories. Mention 2.
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  • In addition to being the operator, what is the syntactic function of HAVE as an auxiliary verb?
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  • Identify affixes: "The app overbooked this flight..."
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  • Give an example of a VP
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  • What is the difference between a phrasal verb and a prepostional verb?
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  • Why are regular verbs called so?
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  • If there are several auxiliary verbs, which one is the operator?
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  • What is the difference between a prepositional verb and a V+PP free combination?
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  • Do these two verbs belong to the same semantic category? a. "I looked tired..." b. "I looked at him."
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  • What are lexical words?
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  • Identify affixes: "Identify affixes."
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  • What is an auxiliary verb?
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  • Why is the possibiltiy of moving a multi-word verb particle relevant?
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  • Give an example of an NP
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  • What are the two tests to determine phrase boundaries we mentioned in class?
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  • What is a phrase?
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  • Phrasal verb or free combination? "Just go along and you'll find Mostaza."
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  • What is a descriptive grammar?
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  • What are the differences between a phrasal verb and a V+A free combination?
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  • What is an operator?
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  • Is this clause ambiguous? Why? "He saw a man with his camera."
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  • What is a ditransitive verb?
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  • Identify phrases in this clause: "My father watered the plants."
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  • Is "BE" a main verb or auxiliary? "The suspense is killing me!"
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  • What is a monotransitive verb?
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  • Give an example of an AdvP
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  • Multi-word verbs are idiomatic. What does that mean?
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  • Identify affixes: "This is empowering!"
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  • Give an example of a PP
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  • How many prototypical syntactic patterns are there?
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  • What are the two types of affixes English has?
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  • What is an ergative verb?
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  • What are the five clause elements?
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  • What are function words?
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  • Paraphrase this clause to match the tree
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  • Is "BE" a main verb or auxiliary? "My hobby is reading."
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  • What is an inflectional morpheme?
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  • Verbs can be classified semantically into 7 groups. Mention 3.
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  • What is a copular verb?
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  • What is a complex transitive verb?
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  • Paraphrase this clause to match the tree
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  • What is a prescriptive grammar?
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  • What is a register?
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  • What are the two categories of auxiliary verbs?
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  • How many types of phrases are there? Mention them
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  • What is embedding?
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  • What is an object-deleting verb?
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  • What are the 4 inflectional morphemes that attach to verbs?
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